Latest News – Wight Aviation Museum

Latest News – Wight Aviation Museum
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Review of 2025
Feb 2, 2026
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Winter Project – New Men in Sheds Workshop Although closed to the public work continued at the museum over the winter with the building of our new bigger “Men in Sheds” wood working workshop. Men in Sheds is a great way for men to socialise and learn new skills in a friendly environment, no prior…
A Tribute to Henry Nobbs 1931-2025
Dec 16, 2025
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In 2019 Henry received a Papa Owl award from Cllr Michael Lilly for his life time promotion of Aviation Heritage on the Isle of Wight. The Wight Aviation Museum we’re very saddened to hear of the death of Henry Nobbs who has passed away aged 94. Henry, who had a life long enthusiasm for aviation…
Museum now closed for the Autumn / Winter period.
Nov 3, 2025
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Dear all, After a very busy 2025 season the Wight Aviation Museum is now closed for the Autumn / Winter period, we would like to thank all of our visitors and donors for their continued support and look forward to welcoming you back in 2026. A review of 2025 will posted in due course as…
Review of 2024
Nov 18, 2024
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Season Opening and Visit by High Sheriff: Following many months of hard work by the Wight Aviation Museum team of volunteers the museum re-opened to the public on Saturday the 16th March 2024. To help celebrate our opening weekend we were delighted to be able to give a guided tour to the Isle of Wight High Sheriff,…
A tribute to Tony Smart.
Oct 29, 2024
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Dear all The Wight Aviation Museum would like to pay tribute to founding member and former trustee Tony Smart, who recently passed away following a short illness at the age of 87. Tony joined the steering group of the Wight Aviation Museum in 2016 before going on to become the museums technical director and a…
Review of 2023
Jan 19, 2024
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2023 has been a very busy and successful year for the Wight Aviation Museum with a full season of operation with the museum open for visitors from April, when the High Sheriff, Kay Marriott, formally “Opened the Museum” in the Spring which stayed open until the end of October.Many of our ongoing projects have continued…
Open for the 2023 holiday season
Apr 3, 2023
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Museum Re-opens for the holiday Season Following many months of hard work by volunteers the museum re-opened to public visitors on Saturday the 1st of April and will now be open on Saturday, Sunday, Mondays and Tuesday from 10am – 3pm until the end of October. We do not charge a set admission fee but…
Review of 2022
Dec 12, 2022
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2022 has been one of the most successful years to date for the museum as we enjoyed our first full season of operations in over 2 years following the previous year’s lockdowns, due to the Covid pandemic. The Museum opens for business. Following many months of hard work by volunteers over the winter the Wight…
April 2022
Apr 30, 2022
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After a very busy and successful opening weekend in April the “Wight Aviation Museum” is now open again for the public to visit. Lora Peacey-Wilcox, Leader of the Isle of Wight Council performed the “ribbon cutting” ceremony at our “Grand Opening” on the 9th and 10th of April. The busy opening weekend continued through-out April…
March 2022
Mar 31, 2022
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Museum Re-opening for 2022 March has seen a very busy month at the museum with our team of volunteers working hard to prepare the museum for opening and we’re pleased to announce the museum will be re-opening to the public on Saturday 9th April and Sunday 10th April from 11am in the morning with last…